
Daniel William Strong (born June 6, 1974) is an American actor, film and television writer, director, and producer. As an actor, he is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls.
He also wrote the screenplays for Recount, the HBO adaptation Game Change, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and co-wrote the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy, Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2. Strong also is a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Fox series Empire and created, wrote and directed the award-winning Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
He has won two Emmy Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a NAACP Image Award.

Dangerous Minds
1995 · as Student

Seabiscuit
2003 · as Young Jockey

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · as Perspective Manipulator

Knight of Cups
2015 · as Danny Strong

The Butler
2013 · as Freedom Bus Journalist

Pleasantville
1998 · as Juke Box Boy

Weather Girl
2009 · as Kurt

Sydney White
2007 · as Gurkin

The Prophecy II
1998 · as Julian

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000 · as Boner

Life Is Short
2006 · as Mike

New Suit
2003 · as Greg

Bad Guys
2008 · as Ashley

Asylum Days
2001 · as Yann's Assistant

Outside Sales
2006 · as Toby

Veritas, Prince of Truth
2007 · as Raymond Wilkins

Perpetrators of the Crime
2000 · as Phil

Robbin' in da Hood
2009